Driver is pulled over with a two-seater leather sofa strapped to their car roof - secured by a strip of plastic wrapping
- Police in Northampton stopped the car after noticing the strange roof addition
- Sofa was secured with nothing more than a thin strip of plastic wrapping
- Driver was issued with a prohibition notice and reported for dangerous driving
A driver was pulled over by police in Northampton after fastening a large two seater leather sofa to their car roof with just a strip of plastic wrapping.
Bewildered officers captured the images of the black leather sofa on top of the orange Nissan Qashqai which they pulled over on St James Mill Road on Wednesday.
The sofa was secured to the vehicle with nothing more than a thin strip of plastic wrapping, which was fastened through the front windows.
The car was stopped after police spotted the unusual addition to the roof
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The driver was issued with a prohibition notice and reported for dangerous driving.
The force posted the image on Twitter earlier this week with the caption: 'Another interesting stop. The load isn't very secure.'
One user wrote: 'I can't even believe they thought 'yep, looks good!'
Another added: 'How were they planning on getting in the car?'
The sofa was fastened to the car by a piece of plastic wrapping running through the windows
And one user joked: 'It's just in case the car wanted to have a little sit-down on the journey home.'
The post has since racked up hundreds of likes, and dozens of retweets and comments with social media users shocked by the recklessness of the driver.
A spokesperson from Northamptonshire Police said: 'Northants Safer Roads Team, Trading Standards, both Councils (North and West), the DVSA and HMRC road fuel all came together as part of this multi-agency operation to target rogue traders.
'This was part of a regional Trading Standards Operation which saw the teams deployed to Corby and Northampton over the last 2 days.
Police took to Twitter to share images of the stop
'Over 80 vehicles were pulled into the check sites, with six vehicles being seized for either no insurance or being driven without a driving licence.
'16 drivers were reported for other offences, including illegal tyres, no MOTs, Dangerous Loads (including this sofa) and not wearing seatbelts.'
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